Evde Hizmet Hızlı Randevu
Sani Konukoğlu
INTERNATIONAL PATIENT

HEMATOLOGY

Hematology is a branch of science that deals with diseases of blood-forming organs such as spleen and bone marrow as well as blood diseases.

Quick Appointment View Physicians

Hematology is a branch of science that deals with diseases of blood-forming organs such as spleen and bone marrow as well as blood diseases. All of the blood cells in our body originate from a single stem cell in the bone marrow. The Department of Hematology is the science that studies the diseases of these cells. These diseases can be divided into two groups as benign or malignant diseases. Benign diseases include anemia due to malnutrition, polycythemias with the rise of blood cells, bone marrow failures, deficiencies in proteins that allow blood to clot, hereditary diseases such as Mediterranean anemia, sickle cell anemia, and hemophilia. It covers a wide variety of cancer types such as malignant diseases, lymph node cancers, and blood cancers.

WHAT DISEASES DOES HEMATOLOGY LOOK AT?

Diseases treated by hematologists include:

-Iron deficiency anemia and other types of anemia such as sickle cell anemia or trauma-induced anemia

-Polycythemia or excessive red blood cell production

-Myelofibrosis

-Leukemia

Platelet and bleeding disorders such as hemophilia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, and Von Willebrand disease

-Myelodysplastic syndromes

-Hemoglobinopathies such as thalassemia and sickle cell disease

-Multiple myeloma

-Von Willebrand's disease

-Malignant lymphomas

-Blood transfusion

-Bone marrow stem cell transplant

The most common cases in hematology are anemia, Mediterranean anemia and leukemia. The symptoms of these diseases are diagnosed by being subjected to some tests and treatment methods are applied.

Phone: 0342 211 50 00

:

Physicians in the Department

Prof. Dr. Mehmet YILMAZ
HEMATOLOGY